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Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Maier, Stefan Alexander, PUBLISHER: Springer, Considered a major field of photonics, plasmonics offers the potential to confine and guide light below the diffraction limit and promises a new generation of highly miniaturized photonic devices. This book combines a comprehensive introduction with an extensive overview of the current state of the art. Coverage includes plasmon waveguides, cavities for field-enhancement, nonlinear processes and the emerging field of active plasmonics studying interactions of surface plasmons with active media.

The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crabtree, Robert H., PUBLISHER: Wiley-Interscience, A comprehensive introduction to principles and practices There have been a number of notable advances in the field of organometallic chemistry over the past decade. Transition metal organometallic chemistry has provided researchers- especially those working in the pharmaceuticals, natural product synthesis, and polymer industries-with powerful new synthetic tools, and the field has expanded to include certain life science aspects, such as metalloenzymes involving organometallic intermediates. Fully updated and expanded to reflect recent advances, this Third Edition of the classic text provides students and professional chemists with a comprehensive introduction to the principles and general properties of organometallic compounds. It also supplies a wealth of practical information about relevant reaction mechanisms, along with detailed descriptions of contemporary applications to organic synthesis, organized by reaction type. Additionally, the numerous references to pertinent literature found throughout the text are appreciated by students and professional chemists alike. New to this edition are sections covering: * Coupling reactions * C-F bond activation * Giant molecules * Paramagnetic organometallics * Surface organometallic chemistry Additionally, those sections covering metal alkyls, aryls, hydrides, metallocene polymerization, and related s-bonded ligands have been substantially revised and updated. The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, Third Edition is an unparalleled pedagogic resource, appropriate as a main text for courses in inorganic chemistry and organometallic chemistry, and as a supplementary text for courses inbioinorganic chemistry. It is also a valuable working reference for professional chemists who need to become better acquainted with the subject.

U.S. Immigration Made Easy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Canter, Lawrence / Siegel, Martha, PUBLISHER: NOLO, With all the necessary forms and the step-by-step Instructions to fill them out, this comprehensive book covers every possible way to legally enter and inhabit the United States. The 5th edition has been completely revised and updated.

Footprint Ireland Handbook: The Travel Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sheehan, Sean / Levy, Patricia M., PUBLISHER: Footprint Handbooks, Footprint's fully updated second edition of the Ireland Handbook is more than just a guide to leprechauns and four-leaf clovers. This guide comprehensively covers the length and breadth of the whole country (including both Northern Ireland and the Republic), spotlighting the magical charms of each county and capturing the mind, body, and soul of the real Celtic spirit. The revisions include expanded descriptions of the best long-distance walks, more outdoor activities from surfing in Portrush to angling in Tipperary, and a full-color highlights section featuring superb photography. From full coverage of the basics, such as accommodations profiles for all budgets and tastes and advice on how to get around from cycling to hire cars, to spotlights on culture, including music, literatures, art, and film, Footprint travel guides are synonymous with discovery and adventure -- their purpose is to convey the very essence of a destination and to feel its pulse. Eye-opening, accurate, and reliable information is given in each guide, ensuring that every trip is memorable, enlightening, and informing. Footprint's guidebooks are the future of travel, stressing a sensitivity to local issues.

VENDO PMBOK GUIDE 5TH EDITION

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The Presidency and the Political System

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nelson, Michael, PUBLISHER: CQ-Roll Call Group Books, The Presidency & the Political System, now in an updated sixth edition, incorporates the most recent research and scholarship on the presidency. Each of the 20 thought-provoking original essays, written by some of the field's most prominent scholars, explores an important aspect of the relationship between the presidency and our political system.

Conversion Tables, Volume 1: LC-Dewey

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Scott, Mona L., PUBLISHER: Libraries Unlimited, This classic cataloging tool has been updated to include the 22nd edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification, as well as almost one thousand additional sets of class numbers and corresponding Library of Congress subject headings. As with the previous edition, it is arranged in three sections: LC to Dewey, Dewey to LC, and LC subject headings to both. Thus, each volume contains the same list of classifications in the two systems and their corresponding subject headings, but are simply arranged differently. Whether used to fill in missing classification numbers or reclassify an entire collection from one class schedule to another, Scott's Conversion Tables work offers an affordable and highly effective guide to conversion, and will save copy catalogers everywhere countless hours of searching to boot

Handbook of Obesity: Clinical Applications, Second Edition

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bray, Bray / Bray, George A. / Bouchard, Claude, PUBLISHER: Informa Healthcare, With rates of obesity soaring to epidemic proportions, this reference strives to unearth new treatment regimens and pharmaceuticals for the prevention and treatment of obesity. Offering the latest recommendations and research from the most respected leaders in the field, the Second Edition compiles the most noteworthy studies on the evaluation and management of obese patients.

Leading Issues in Economic Development

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Meier, Gerald M. / Rauch, James E., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Now in its seventh edition, Leading Issues in Economic Development introduces a new co-author, James E. Rauch. Maintaining the unique structure that the book has established over the last 35 years, Rauch has revised and updated this seventh edition to strengthen the analytical and quantitative dimensions and to clarify contemporary and future problems of development policy. The co-authors integrate the most insightful materials in this wide-ranging field, offering students the opportunity to experience a variety of perspectives while helping them to keep sight of overarching themes. This edition adds two new chapters: "Income Distribution" and "Development and the Environment." It also now consolidates several chapters and increases the number of selections from leading professional journals. In this edition, both the selections and the authors' own overviews, notes, comments, and exhibits make greater use of empirical analysis as well as modern economic theory. In all, Leading Issues in Economic Development provides fresh and serious attention to the interplay between development experience, changing views of economists, and policy.

The Medical Transcriptionist's Guide to Microsoft Word(r),

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bryan, Laura, PUBLISHER: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, The Medical Transcriptionist's Guide to Microsoft Word(R): Make It Your Own, Third Edition has been updated to include more shortcuts to help transcriptionists maximize their use of Microsoft Word(R). The time-saving techniques in this edition will help users increase their productivity and profit. Experienced and new professionals will learn quickly from the easy-to-follow instructions, including creating and using macros, alternative ways of counting characters, how to use fewer keystrokes, customizing Word, and more. A back-of-book CD-ROM includes 20 video clips with hands-on instructions for various shortcuts, and an insert references quick tips and where to find them throughout the text. The Workbook has updated exercises and review questions to enhance and maximize students' use of Microsoft Word(R). Students, and new and veteran transcriptionists alike, will learn from the easy-to-follow instructions on creating and customizing medical documents and more. Answers to the review questions are also included to assist users in assessing their skill level of learning the Microsoft Word(R)environment. The text and workbook will teach you time-saving techniques such as creating and using macros, customizing Word(R), using templates, and alternative ways of counting characters, to name a few. Saving time and keystrokes will enable you to transcribe more reports, and ultimately produce more income--a definite benefit.

Insider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mayne, Tracy J. / Norcross, John C. / Sayette, Michael A., PUBLISHER: Guilford Publications, This perennial bestseller is the resource students count on for the most current information on applying to doctoral programs in clinical or counseling psychology in the US and Canada. The new edition features over 15 new programs; additional data on acceptance rates and enrollment rates; the latest information on financial assistance and loans; 42 new website listings; and updated appendices on research areas and clinical opportunities.

Evidence-Based Rehabilitation: A Guide to Practice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Law, Mary C. / Macdermid, Joy, PUBLISHER: Slack, The rehabilitation profession's best-selling text that provides step-by-step guidance for evidence-based practice has been updated into an expanded "Second Edition." Written specifically for students and practitioners in both occupational and physical therapy, "Evidence-Based Rehabilitation: A Guide to Practice, Second Edition "focuses on building knowledge through specific learning. Drs. Mary Law and Joy MacDermid are joined by 17 of today's leading rehabilitation professionals to teach readers how to become critical consumers of research and develop skills to ensure that rehabilitation practice is based on the best evidence that is available. "Evidence-Based Rehabilitation, Second Edition" is a comprehensive and well-organized text that provides the most up-to-date information on evidence-based practice, the concepts underlying evidence-based practice, and implementing evidence into the rehabilitation practice. This text is organized by the steps of the process of evidence-based practice--introduction to evidence-based practice, finding the evidence, assessing the evidence, and using the evidence. Inside the pages of "Evidence-Based Rehabilitation, Second Edition" rehabilitation professionals will find that each chapter has been updated to include clinical examples and exercises. Several new chapters include recent examples about systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines, and knowledge exchange. Features: - Designed to fit a standard 3-unit course with 11 to 12 sessions. - Extensive instructor's manual is available with specific student activities and answers for faculty. - Critical review forms are included for use by students. These forms have been used by many practitioners and researchers around the world for 8 to15 years. - Recognition throughout the book that evidence-based practice in rehabilitation means bringing together research evidence, clinical reasoning of the therapist, and client values and goals. "Evidence-Based Rehabilitation: A Guide to Practice, Second Edition" is an essential resource for students and practitioners to help incorporate the most current and complete evidence-based research into rehabilitation practice. Acquista Ora

Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kellogg, Ronald T., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Integrating the latest developments in cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, emotion and cognitive development, author Ronald T. Kellogg provides a clear view of what is happening at the cutting edge of the field today. Written in an accessible style, the book explores applications of cognitive psychology underscoring the practical side of the field. New to the Second Edition: - Updated with the latest research in cognitive psychology including the recent discovery of how the default network of the brain integrates findings on remembering one's personal past, envisioning the future, seeing the world from the perspective of another person - Recent advances in networks of attention, prospective memory, emotion and cognition, creativity in problem solving, moral reasoning, fluid intelligence and working memory, and frugal heuristics in decision making. - More extensive coverage of applications of cognitive psychology to everyday life such as research on the risks of driving while talking on a cell phone and recent findings on memory retrieval and how to improve study skills

Gardening for Canadians for Dummies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Primeau, Liz / MacCaskey, Mike / Marken, Bill, PUBLISHER: For Dummies, Includes updated hardiness zone map, colour photos, and more Your green-thumb guide to gardening in Canada. Brimming with suggestions for hardy perennials and stunning annuals, plus the real scoop on bulbs, "Gardening For Canadians For Dummies, " 2nd Edition, is the ideal resource for every Canadian gardener. This friendly guide, complete with over a hundred illustrations, a garden planner, and a section on art in your garden, will show you how to roll up your sleeves and make the garden of your dreams a reality.

Your Purebred Puppy: A Buyer's Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Welton, Michele, PUBLISHER: Owl Books (NY), How to select the right breed of dog for you and your family, locate a good breeder, and choose the very best puppy of the litter. The decision to buy a purebred dog may be made easily, but the question of which breed to buy is more complicated. "Your Purebred Puppy, Second Edition," takes the guesswork out of choosing a dog. Updated to include twenty new breeds, this authoritative guide profiles 200 breeds and varieties of dogs-complete with photographs of each-to help prospective buyers find the one with the physical and behavioral characteristics that will best suit them. Michele Welton explains step by step how to decide on the right breed, locate a reputable breeder, and pick a healthy, good-looking, good-tempered companion. Also provided are simple tests readers can use to determine a puppy's temperament before they buy him and bring him home. Acquiring a dog is a big commitment, requiring time, patience, and money." Your Purebred Puppy, Second Edition, " is the essential guidebook to accompany you on the search for your new pet.

Residential Windows: A Guide to New Techonologies and Energy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carmody, John / Selkowitz, Stephen / Arasteh, Dariush, PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company, The third edition of Residential Windows: A Guide to New Technologies and Energy Performance provides updated and expanded information on window properties and technologies, as well as new sections on such key topics as window installation, energy efficiency, and building codes. For this latest edition, all of the energy performance data have been revised, based on the latest simulation techniques and industry-accepted assumptions. Residential Windows provides an overview of new window products for consumers, designers, and builders, as well as regulators, standards developers, utilities, and the researchers, manufacturers, and suppliers in the window industry itself. It is an essential resource for anyone considering purchasing or installing new windows.

The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cole, Joanna / Degen, Bruce, PUBLISHER: Scholastic, To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Scholastic is re-releasing the ten original Magic School Bus titles in paperback. With updated scientific information, the bestselling science series ever is back The fieldtrip to the planetarium is foiled when the museum turns out to be closed, but Ms. Frizzle saves the day. The Magic School Bus turns into a spaceship and takes the class on a trip zooming through the atmosphere, to the Moon, and beyond With up-to-date facts about the solar system, revised for this edition.

Making Money in Child Care Photography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fontes, Rick, PUBLISHER: Lulu.com, A comprehensive, complete guide to Child Care Photography based on thirty years of hands-on experience. This manual allows you to avoid the common mistakes made by many who enter into this field without a guide. It is a jump start to your success.

The Law School Trip: The Insider's Guide to Law School

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McClurg, Andrew J., PUBLISHER: Trafford Publishing, The Law School Trip (the insider's guide to law school) is a hilarious step-by-step guide to applying for, enrolling in and succeeding at law school.

Price Guide to Collectible Pin-Back Buttons

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hake, Ted / King, Russ, PUBLISHER: Krause Publications, Stick it to over-inflated values Here are all the updated prices for more than advertising, commemorative and non-political buttons from the past 90 years. Some of the most sought-after pins are pictured in 16-pages of color photos.

State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Owen, Roger, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Roger Owen has fully revised and updated his authoritative text to take into account the very latest developments in the Middle East. This new edition continues to explore the emergence of individual Middle Eastern states since the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War and the key themes that have characterized the region since then. The book continues to serve as an excellent introduction for newcomers to the modern history and politics of this fascinating region.

Environmental Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moeller, Dade W., PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, Dramatic changes in the field of environmental health since the Third Edition was published in demand a new, radically updated version of this essential textbook. Based on the recommendations of advisory bodies and federal agency regulations, as well as a thorough review of the scientific literature, Moeller's Fourth Edition is the only fully current text in this burgeoning field. It features new tables and figures, and revisions of those retained from previous editions. "Environmental Health" is also enriched with the knowledge and insights of professionals who are deeply involved in "real world" aspects of each subject covered. In eighteen chapters, students receive a complete but manageable introduction to the complex nature of the environment, how humans interact with it, and the mutual impact between people and the environments where they work or live. This new edition emphasizes the challenges students will face in the field: the local and global implications of environmental health initiatives, their short- and long-range effects, their importance to both developing and developed nations, and the roles individuals can play in helping to resolve these problems. Whether discussing toxicology, injury prevention, risk assessment, and ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, or more traditional subjects like the management and control of air, water, and food, Dade Moeller emphasizes the need for a systems approach to analyzing new projects prior to their construction and operation. Environmental Health is indispensable reading for practitioners, students, and anyone considering a career in public health.

The International Guide to Building a Classical Music

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Parker, Bill, PUBLISHER: Cimino Publishing Group, In this edition Bill Parker expands and updates his previous selections and offers the consensus choices for the very. best classical recordings on compact disc. His knowledgeable comments on both new and old releases provide a valuable shortcut to those trying to sort out the relative merits of the past century of recording art. For the first time, this edition includes international record numbers for those collectors who prefer imported editions. With each musical period prefaced by a brief history, this edition truly becomes an indispensable reference guide for any new and curious collector.

Studying Human Societies: A Primer and Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nolan, Patrick / Lenski, Gerhard, PUBLISHER: Paradigm Publishers, Authored by Patrick Nolan, the newly revised student supplement study guide for "Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology, Eleventh Edition" prepares your students for class by providing them with general tips, guidelines, and strategies on how to read the text effectively and apply it to the subjects covered in your syllabus. The study guide also shows students how to read and interpret tables and figures of data, how to take notes on readings and in class, and how to take a variety of tests from multiple choice and true/false to essay tests. Each chapter of the study guide includes a summary of the corresponding chapter in the text, a list of important terms, recommended further readings, and sample quiz questions with an answer key to help students understand the concepts and theories covered in the text and to prepare them for class discussion and test taking.To learn more about the "Human Societies" text, please visit the bookpage here: Human Societies, 11th Edition

A Concise Economic History of the World: From Paleolithic

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cameron, Rondo / Neal, Larry / Neal, Larry, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This classic book offers a broad sweep of economic history from prehistoric times to the present and explores the disparity of wealth among nations. Now in its fourth edition, A Concise Economic History of the World has been updated to reflect the stunning changes in the world economy since . Truly a definitive history of globalization, the new edition has been expanded to include coverage of the most recent developments in the European Union, East Asia, and, in general, transition economies. Comprehensive and global in scope, this concise text features ample illustrations and a fully updated annotated bibliography that guides readers to the relevant scholarly literature. Now available in eleven languages, including Spanish (second edition), French, German (two volumes), Polish, and Chinese, this unique work remains an invaluable, lively, and accessible text for both undergraduate and graduate students of European economic history, the history of globalization, and world development.

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